#Intensivist

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

The art of being alive is the art of balance.Often there is an illusion of rock solid stability to our lives, when the truth is the biochemical parameters for our

If you have tested positive for covid and are home isolating, this is what you need to do. 1. Check temperature 4-6 hourly and pop tablet paracetamol 650 mg for

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

My dad looks at me with a smile. “You sure you only want that one? You can have more than one candy bar, if you want.”My 7 year-old brain mulls

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

The elevator doors slide open.There’s already someone inside, one of the hospitalists. He moves over to one side as I enter, subconsciously distancing.I look at him and smile, “Coming or

I know everyone is doing this, but here are my reflections after 2 wks in #ICU w/ #COVID19. Also includes lessons from our outstanding collaboration w/ #RapidResponseTeam(1/12) Much discussion on

The issue of ventilators and ICU beds in Botswana irritates me and dare I say, makes me VERY angry. We need to FOCUS. Botswana’s healthcare system needs to be strengthened.

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

I turn off the lights.These bulbs are old, not the newer LEDs. There is a lingering glow as the hot tungsten filaments gradually cool.I watch them as the room slowly

Nitin Arora #WearAMask

I am a jobbing intensivist. I know nothing of politics But I have questions for @BorisJohnson If ‘following your instincts’ is the law, why did1/ 1. My colleagues and I

OkThis is where I tell my stories about the legend that is Carl Waldmann.https://twitter.com/medic_mediator/status/1322169410669432833 In 2008, a young doctor wandered into Carl’s officeHe wanted to become and Intensivist, and didn’t

Jorrit Posthuma de Boer

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1. Peculiar COVID-19 Innovations in the Health SectorIn a Roche sponsored advertorial of NRC Media (XTR Branded Content) it is stated that COVID-19 has been an incredible boost for innovations

Saffy, Dahhhling

Internal Medicine residency as explained Drag Race GIFs, a thread: When your patient complains about being made NPO When you’re asked to put in a central line When the attending

Jessica Bunin, MD

MICU Day #7: Disclaimer: I am an Intensivist, not an ID doc. What follows are lessons learned from 7 days of caring for COVID patients. There are no RCTs or

#MedEd #Tweetorial Get ready! I’ll ask Master Intensivist @WesElyMD some questions on “How to keep up with literature like a Pro?” #criticalcare Q1 How many journals do you read regularly?

Jason Van Schoor

From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

Wake up with a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach.Not quite anxiety, not quite fear.Shower and it doesn’t go away.Drive to work, construction on the roads, take the

Caitlyn Vlasschaert, MD MSc

“What is the role of vasopressin?”A nephrologist will talk about osmolality and aquaporins. An intensivist might talk about its use as a pressor. But, ask an evolutionary or social scientist